respond
verb
[ rɪˈspɒnd ]
• say something in reply.
• "she could not get Robert to respond to her words"
Similar:
answer,
reply to,
say something in response to,
acknowledge,
greet,
counter,
make a response,
make a rejoinder,
make a riposte,
make reply,
come back,
say in response,
reply,
rejoin,
retort,
return,
riposte,
fling back,
hurl back,
retaliate,
• (of a person) do something as a reaction to someone or something.
• "she responded to his grin with a smile"
respond
noun
• a half-pillar or half-pier attached to a wall to support an arch, especially at the end of an arcade.
• (in church use) a response to a versicle; a responsory.
Origin:
late Middle English (as a noun): from Old French, from respondre ‘to answer’, from Latin respondere, from re- ‘again’ + spondere ‘to pledge’. The verb dates from the mid 16th century.
